# 2025 Los Angeles FC season

The 2025 Los Angeles FC season is the club's eighth season in Major League Soccer, the top tier of the American soccer pyramid. LAFC plays its home matches at BMO Stadium in the Exposition Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.

## Background

Since joining MLS in 2018, LAFC has won the 2022 MLS Cup and twice won the Supporters' Shield in 2019 and 2022. LAFC was also a finalist for the 2023 MLS Cup and twice a runner-up for the final of the CONCACAF Champions League in 2020 and 2023. LAFC finished the 2024 regular season at the top of the Western Conference and advanced to the 2024 MLS Cup Playoffs; their playoff run ended when they lost to the Seattle Sounders in the conference semifinals. LAFC also won their first U.S. Open Cup and were finalists in the 2024 Leagues Cup which allowed them to qualify for the 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup. LAFC finished 2024 with a record of 31 wins, 11 losses, and 8 draws.

## Summary
### Preseason

On November 27, 2024, LAFC announced they were exercising contract options to retain five players while declining options for six players including Carlos Vela, Kei Kamara, and Marlon. They also reported Aaron Long, Jesús Murillo, Ilie Sánchez, and Erik Dueñas were out of contract while the loan terms for Eduard Atuesta and Lewis O'Brien expired at the end of the year. LAFC signed Long and Marlon to new contracts before the end of 2024. LAFC also transferred Bajung Darboe to Bundesliga club FC Bayern Munich and traded Tomás Ángel to San Diego FC along with LAFC's second round pick in the 2025 MLS SuperDraft in exchange for $200,000 in general allocation money.
On December 10, 2024, LAFC signed Jude Terry from their youth academy to a homegrown contract. They also signed Jeremy Ebobisse as a free agent on December 23, 2024 and selected Alec Hughes as the 22nd pick of the 2025 MLS SuperDraft. On January 5, 2025, LAFC announced Omar Campos had transferred to Liga MX club Cruz Azul. The next day, LAFC announced they had acquired two 2025 international roster slots from Nashville SC in exchange for $350,000 in general allocation money. LAFC made a number of player acquisitions in January. They acquired Odin Thiago Holm on loan from Scottish Premier League club Celtic FC for the 2025 season and Igor Jesus from Primeira Liga club Estrela da Amadora as an U22 Initiative signing. They also made trades to acquire midfielder Mark Delgado from the LA Galaxy in exchange for $400,000 in general allocation money and defender Nkosi Tafari from FC Dallas in exchange for $300,000 in general allocation money and a 2026 international roster slot. On January 24, LAFC signed former Columbus Crew midfielder Yaw Yeboah for a two-year contract after acquiring first refusal rights from San Diego FC with $50,000 in general allocation money. The next day, LAFC announced the transfer of midfielder Mateusz Bogusz to Cruz Azul.
LAFC began their preseason schedule with a closed-door friendly against CPL club Cavalry FC on January 20. They then play two closed-door friendlies at BMO Stadium against the San Jose Earthquakes on January 25 and the Portland Timbers on January 29. On February 2, LAFC heads to Indio where they will play a friendly against USL Championship club Phoenix Rising FC. They will then participate in the 2025 Coachella Valley Invitational at the Empire Polo Club by playing a preseason match against the Chicago Fire FC on February 5 before heading back to BMO Stadium for a friendly against Liga MX's Club América on February 11. On February 18, LAFC will travel to Colorado to play the Colorado Rapids in the first round of the 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup; the second leg of the first round will be played in Los Angeles on February 25. LAFC's regular season will begin with a home match against Minnesota United FC on February 22. While LAFC will participate in the 2025 Leagues Cup which runs from July 29 to August 31, LAFC will not compete in the 2025 U.S. Open Cup with MLS Next Pro team Los Angeles FC 2 taking their place.

## Squad
### First-team roster

    As of March 12, 2025
| No. | Name | Nationality | Pos | Date of birth (Age) | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | Hugo Lloris | France | GK | (1986-12-26) December 26, 1986 (age 38) | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | Thomas Hasal | Canada | GK | (1999-07-09) July 9, 1999 (age 25) | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | David Ochoa | Mexico | GK | (2001-01-16) January 16, 2001 (age 24) | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Eddie Segura | Colombia | DF | (1997-02-02) February 2, 1997 (age 28) | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | Marlon | Brazil | DF | (1995-09-07) September 7, 1995 (age 29) | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | Sergi Palencia | Spain | DF | (1996-03-23) March 23, 1996 (age 28) | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | Lorenzo Dellavalle | Italy | DF | (2004-04-04) April 4, 2004 (age 20) | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Ryan Hollingshead | United States | DF | (1991-04-16) April 16, 1991 (age 33) | 4 | 1 |
| 25 | Maxime Chanot | Luxembourg | DF | (1989-11-21) November 21, 1989 (age 35) | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Artem Smolyakov | Ukraine | DF | (2003-05-29) May 29, 2003 (age 21) | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | Aaron Long | United States | DF | (1992-10-12) October 12, 1992 (age 32) | 2 | 0 |
| 42 | Luca Bombino (HG) | United States | DF | (2006-07-10) July 10, 2006 (age 18) | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | Kenny Nielsen | United States | DF | (2002-02-13) February 13, 2002 (age 23) | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | Nkosi Tafari | United States | DF | (1997-03-23) March 23, 1997 (age 27) | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | Igor Jesus | Brazil | MF | (2003-03-07) March 7, 2003 (age 22) | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | Mark Delgado | United States | MF | (1995-05-16) May 16, 1995 (age 29) | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | Timothy Tillman | United States | MF | (1999-01-04) January 4, 1999 (age 26) | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | Yaw Yeboah | Ghana | MF | (1997-03-28) March 28, 1997 (age 27) | 4 | 0 |
| 43 | Adam Saldana | United States | MF | (2002-02-07) February 7, 2002 (age 23) | 1 | 0 |
| 56 | Jude Terry (HG) | United States | MF | (2008-10-08) October 8, 2008 (age 16) | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Odin Thiago Holm | Norway | MF | (2003-01-18) January 18, 2003 (age 22) | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Olivier Giroud | France | FW | (1986-09-30) September 30, 1986 (age 38) | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | Jeremy Ebobisse | United States | FW | (1997-02-14) February 14, 1997 (age 28) | 3 | 1 |
| 22 | Cengiz Ünder | Turkey | FW | (1997-07-14) July 14, 1997 (age 27) | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | Nathan Ordaz (HG) | El Salvador | FW | (2004-01-12) January 12, 2004 (age 21) | 4 | 1 |
| 30 | David Martínez | Venezuela | FW | (2006-02-07) February 7, 2006 (age 19) | 4 | 1 |
| 77 | Adrian Wibowo (HG) | United States | FW | (2006-01-17) January 17, 2006 (age 19) | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | Denis Bouanga | Gabon | FW | (1994-11-11) November 11, 1994 (age 30) | 4 | 0 |

### Los Angeles FC 2 players that made MLS appearances

| No. | Name | Nationality | Pos | Date of birth (Age) | Apps | Goals |

## Coaching staff

    As of May 13, 2024
Technical staff :
| Head coach | Steve Cherundolo |
| Assistant coach | Marc Dos Santos |
| Assistant coach | Ante Razov |
| Assistant coach | Enrique Duran |
| Assistant/Goalkeeping coach | Oka Nikolov |
| Assistant coach/Performance director | Gavin Benjafield |
| Co-President & General Manager | John Thorrington |
| Technical Director | Neil McGuinness |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Entry date | Position | Player | From club | Notes |
| December 10, 2024 | MF | Jude Terry | Los Angeles FC 2 | Homegrown signing |
| December 23, 2024 | FW | Jeremy Ebobisse | Unattached | Free agent |
| January 21, 2025 | MF | Igor Jesus | Estrela da Amadora | Transfer |
| January 22, 2025 | MF | Mark Delgado | LA Galaxy | Trade |
| January 23, 2025 | DF | Nkosi Tafari | FC Dallas | Trade |
| January 24, 2025 | MF | Yaw Yeboah | Columbus Crew | Free transfer |
| February 14, 2025 | DF | Artem Smolyakov | Polissya Zhytomyr | Transfer |
| March 1, 2025 | MF | Adam Saldana | Los Angeles FC 2 | First-team signing |
| March 11, 2025 | DF | Kenny Nielsen | Los Angeles FC 2 | First-team signing |
* ↑ Signed previously with the San Jose Earthquakes.
* ↑ Right of first refusal acquired from San Diego FC following their selection of Yeboah in the 2024 MLS Re-Entry Draft.

### Transfers out

| Exit date | Position | Player | To club | Notes |
| November 27, 2024 | FW | Carlos Vela | | Declined contract options |
| November 27, 2024 | FW | Kei Kamara | | Declined contract options |
| November 27, 2024 | FW | Luis Müller | | Declined contract options |
| November 27, 2024 | MF | Tommy Musto | | Declined contract options |
| November 27, 2024 | DF | Diego Rosales | Guadalajara | Declined contract options |
| November 27, 2024 | DF | Jesús Murillo | Juárez | End of contract |
| November 27, 2024 | MF | Ilie Sánchez | Austin FC | End of contract |
| November 27, 2024 | MF | Erik Dueñas | Houston Dynamo | End of contract |
| November 27, 2024 | FW | Bajung Darboe | Bayern Munich | Transfer |
| December 9, 2024 | FW | Tomás Ángel | San Diego FC | Trade |
| December 31, 2024 | MF | Lewis O'Brien | Nottingham Forest | End of Loan |
| December 31, 2024 | MF | Eduard Atuesta | Palmeiras | End of loan |
| January 5, 2025 | DF | Omar Campos | Cruz Azul | Transfer |
| January 25, 2025 | MF | Mateusz Bogusz | Cruz Azul | Transfer |
| February 14, 2025 | DF | Cristian Olivera | Grêmio | Transfer |

### Loans in

| Date from | Pos. | Player | From | Details | End date | Ref. |
| January 13, 2025 | MF | Odin Thiago Holm | Celtic | Year-long loan | December 31, 2025 | |
| February 20, 2025 | FW | Cengiz Ünder | Fenerbahçe | Short-term loan with purchase option | June 30, 2025 | |

### Out on loan

| No. | Player | To Club | Start date | End date | Notes | Ref. |
| — | Mario González | Lech Poznań | February 11, 2025 | June 30, 2025 | Short-term loan | |
| 42 | Luca Bombino | San Diego FC | February 25, 2025 | December 31, 2025 | Year-long loan | |

### Draft picks

| Round | # | Position | Player | College/Club Team | Reference | Status |
| 1 | 22 | FW | Alec Hughes | University of Massachusetts | |

## Non-competitive matches

Win  Draw  Loss
All matches are listed with their kickoff in Pacific Time.

### Preseason
## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Major League Soccer | February 22, 2025 | October 18, 2025 | Matchday 1 | TBD | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 100.00 |
| MLS Cup Playoffs | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| Leagues Cup | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| CONCACAF Champions Cup | February 18th, 2025 | TBD | Round One | TBD | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 080.00 |
Source: Competitions

### MLS
#### Standings
##### Western Conference

MLS Western Conference table (2025) :
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 6 | San Jose Earthquakes | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 6 | Qualification for round one |
| 7 | Austin FC | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | Qualification for round one |
| 8 | Los Angeles FC | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 6 | Qualification for the wild-card round |
| 9 | Real Salt Lake | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 6 | Qualification for the wild-card round |
| 10 | Seattle Sounders FC | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | |

##### Overall

Overall MLS standings table :
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 15 | Austin FC | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 16 | FC Cincinnati | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 6 |
| 17 | Los Angeles FC | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 6 |
| 18 | Real Salt Lake | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 6 |
| 19 | New York Red Bulls | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 5 |

##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| Pld | Pts | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD |
| 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | −3 |
Last updated: March 15, 2025 Source: MLS Results Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

##### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Stadium | H | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | L | L | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Points | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Position (West) | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

##### Matches

All matches are in Pacific time